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From: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: VW Rabbit 30,000 mile light
Message-ID: <344@cylixd.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 13:30:23 EDT
Article-I.D.: cylixd.344
Posted: Mon Oct  7 13:30:23 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 10-Oct-85 06:37:21 EDT
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Reply-To: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
Organization: RCA Cylix Communications , Memphis, TN
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In article <57500013@inmet.UUCP> schooler@inmet.UUCP writes:
>
>My girlfriend's '83 (gasoline) VW Rabbit just had a warning light
>come on which apparently indicates the necessity of a 30,000 mile
>checkup.  The story from the shop is that the only way to turn
>this light off is to replace a "sensor board" at a cost of $120.00
>or so.  (This happens every 30,000 miles, I would suppose.)  Is this
>a scam, or what?

It'd be cheaper just to smash out that idiot light with a nice
screwdriver. And while you're at it, smash out the designer who
put in that ripoff.


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